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1804, August–October 8

1804, August–October 8: (The Imperial Coronation of Jacques I): When Dessalines learned in August 1804 that Napoleon had been proclaimed Emperor, he determin…

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1804, August–October 8: (The Imperial Coronation of Jacques I): When Dessalines learned in August 1804 that Napoleon had been proclaimed Emperor, he determined to follow suit and elevate the prestige of the Haitian state to match. His privy counselors Boisrond and Chanlatte circulated petitions, stimulated acclamations, and attended to all the preliminaries and preparations for a Haitian coronation. (5) To no one’s surprise, the generals unanimously urged the crown that Dessalines awaited with undisguised impatience. In October, accompanied by his honor guard and suite, Dessalines proceeded in state to the Cap, where Christophe had prepared all arrangements for the coronation of the first emperor in the Americas since Montezuma. At three in the afternoon of October 8, 1804 — seven weeks before Napoleon would be crowned at Notre-Dame — Dessalines received the crown of Haiti under the title of His Majesty Jacques I, Emperor, as Father Corneille Brelle anointed his hands, feet, and forehead with holy oil and placed the crown upon his head while cannon roared.

Source HT-WIB-000136, 000137